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2008-03-14T14:19:00.000+01:00

1) EUROPEAN RAILWAYS ABOUT 1875
This is a French detailed map of the European rail network published approximately in 1875. The borders of the European countries are shown as they were before the Congress of Berlin (June-July 1878) but some later railways are marked by simple black lines, like the Simplon tunnel (1906). This map was made by the geographers A.T. Chartier and Th. Gobert and engraved by E. Kollmann.

2) CZECHIA
The Czech Republic is a country of tales and legends. Everywhere, one can see Art Nouveau sculptures and decorated houses. In the Europe Photos section, you will discover some pictures of Czechia, most of them being related to history.
Remember that Borivoj the Ploughman was the first Duke of Bohemia and that the country was evangelized by Cyril and Methodius (9th cent.), the missionaries coming from Thessaloniki.

3) THE DEPARTMENTS OF FRANCE 2008
Gers, Gironde, Hérault, Ille-et-Vilaine, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura, Landes, Loir-et-Cher, Loire, Haute-Loire....Download now a beautiful map of all metropolitan France's departments and administrative regions with their chef-lieux and INSEE* code.
You can also download this document as a blank map to be used in school tests.
*Institut National de la Statistique et des �?tudes �?conomiques

3) HISATLAS 0.95
Several history maps have been added in Hisatlas, Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age. This atlas includes now 256 highly detailed political maps covering quite all the countries of the world. Most of the legends are in English but some are in simple Spanish too. Existing customers are kindly requested to send us an e-mail after April 2, 2008 and we will send them a download link for this new version Hisatlas 0.95.

In May, we will present an online version of Dr Andreas Birken's New Atlas of Ancient Orient.

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2008-01-30T14:21:00.000+01:00

1) EXTENDED PEUTINGERIAN MAP
An intermediate zoom level has been added to the Peutingerian Map. Now, you can click everywehere on a one of the full sections of the Table and you will reach an enlarged image giving an overall view of the selected area. Another click will bring you to the highest zoom level. Of course, for each zoom level a grey level transcription with the main place names is provided. So, you will enjoy an easy exploration of this exceptional document.

2) MONTENEGRO
The smallest country with the Double-Headed Eagle, a wonderfull country in Southern Europe: 685 000 inhabitants and a little town as historic capital. Have a look at our collection of Montenegro pictures.

3) EUROPE 1950
Discover the lost countries of the 20th century. Here is an easy political political map of Europe in 1950. You will see again the Two Germanies and the SSSR, but also Yugoslavia, the Emirate of Cyrenaica and several smaller entities. This map doesn't show the administrative divisions of the states and is not provided in the Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe but you can download the full image and print it in good quality.

4) EURATLAS SITE
The Euratlas website is constantly expanding and a restructuration of the online framework will soon be necessary. For the time being, we have prepared a simple site map in order to make easier your navigation in the several sections of the whole website.

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2007-11-21T13:04:00.000+01:00

1) A WORLD ATLAS
An online world atlas that allows you to highlight each of the 194 sovereign countries in the world with their local and English name in short and long form, with their capital, flag, population, land area and with the average life expectancy of the inhabitants. Moreover a red bar shows the population size in an analogical way.An additional page displays the special status territories like Gaza, Transnistria, or the Somalian states.

2) Printable World Maps
As an Euratlas-Info member you can download printable blank or labeled world maps adapted for A4 sheets: a b/w blank map, a b/w labeled map with the countries, a color blank map and a color labeled map with all the countries. Small fonts were used for the names so that all the 194 independant states of the world can be shown on one single sheet.

3) Croatia, Slavonia, Bosnia, Serbia and Montenegro
Here is an old map of the Dalmatian lands: Croatia, Slavonia, the Military Frontier, Serbia, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Montenegro. Considering the boundaries shown on it and the activity of the author, it appears that this map was drawn about 1865. Friedrich Handtke (1815 -1879 ) was the director of the cartographic section in the Carl Flemming (1806 -1878 ) publishing house in Glogow or Glogau. Handtke drew himself 168 maps out of 260 published under his authority.

4) Albania
In the Europe Photos pages, you will find a new section with 41 pictures of Albania, especially from the Gjirokaster and Butrint or Buthrorum areas which are both listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.You will also see photos of the colourful Tirana, the Berat citadel, Shkodër, Saranda and several Albanian landscapes.

5) Euratlas Shop, 10% discount
Find an interesting choice of digital maps and atlases in the euratlas shop and, as an euratlas-info member, you can have a special discount of 10% on the following products:- Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe Expert- Atlas historique périodique de l'Europe Expert- Periodischer Geschichtsatlas von Europauntil December 31, 2007. You need simply to past the following code into the required field, at the bottom of the order page: -------Ask us for the code in you cannot read it

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2007-09-29T10:15:00.000+02:00

1) THE PEUTINGERIAN TABLE
It is probably the oldest road map in the world. These 11 parchment scrolls were copied in 1265 from one or several Roman originals and they show the earth as known in Antiquity.With the authorization of the �?sterreichische Nationalbibliothek (Austrian National Library), Euratlas is proud to present an on-line real-size version of the Peutingerian Map. You will have a direct access to each of the 11 scrolls and you will be able to enlarge every region simply by clicking on it to see the ancient localities and their modern names. Moreover, for each map area, you will get the possibility to display a black and white version with the transcription of the main towns.Have a look at this antique map and enjoy!

2) Map of the Gallia Narbonensis Roads about 100 AD
As an Euratlas-Info member you can download a large map (1553 x 1783 x 72 px) of Southeastern Gaul and Nortwestern Italy in year 100 with the main Roman roads and the place names ancient and modern. It will be particularly interesting to compare it with the corresponding areas of the Tabula Peutingeriana.To get Euratlas-Info maps and images you must click on the download link and enter your login and password in the dialog box. Ask us if you have lost these data.

3) Europe Photos
Several new pictures have been added in the France North and France South sections, especially photos of buildings and statues.Large size photos are available in the Euratlas-Info Members's area and you are welcome to download them freely.

4) HISATLAS 0.9
Hisatlas, Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age, has been enhanced with 8 new maps: 4 maps of the Caucasus area and new maps of Ghana and Togo. Several previous maps have been updated also. Let us recall that Hisatlas is an essential tool for he who wants to know the dates of the boundaries changes across the world.

2007-06-03T23:06:00.001+02:00

Start your own timeline at OurStory.com

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2007-06-03T10:12:00.000+02:00

1) The Lesage Historical Atlas
Count Emmanuel de Las Cases (1766 - 1842) emigrated in 1790 from France to England for political reasons. There, under the pseudonym of A. Le Sage, he published in 1802 a monumental Atlas Historique, Généalogique, Chronologique et Géographique. This work was a great success in Europe a went reprinted several times till ca. 1845. Las Cases, companion of Napoleon in Saint Helena, is famous for the Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène but his Atlas marks also a stage in the study of history because he his the first to explain historical events through charts and maps with arrows and text cartouches. You will find here all the 33 sheets of the 1808 edition as .jpg images and each page is zoomable. The text is in French but the maps are easily understandable. You may meet difficulties to read some maps anf it will be necessary to open 2 browsers side by side, but keep in mind that the original book is an Elephant Folio, that is 54 cm x 35 cm.

2) The Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe
Now, you can view the web-version of the Euratlas Historical Atlas either in high resolution or, like before, in low resolution. The high resolution pages offer better quality maps and display also several major cities for each century with their local contemporaneous name. Morover small flags and arrows are giving access to the French and German pages or to the next and previous century. By clicking on the thumbnails maps, you can change the current view: either quarter of maps or full map.If you feel that some denominations of countries or towns are looking strange, like "Igilgilis" or "Empire of Romania", I suggest that you search in English, German or French Wikipedia for those names and you will find several references. You can also ask me directly for further explanations after July 25, 2007.When the high resolution maps were launched on-line, euratlas.com received so much visits (more than 90 000 on June 25) that the website was blocked for several hours but safety precautions have been adopted now to avoid further shortages.

3) Euratlas-Info Member's Area
Visit again and let know the Euratlas-Info area. This month you will find a nice map of Ancient Greece from the French Atlas Universel 1877 by Drioux & Leroy. This document is offered in high resolution and you will be able to print it with a good quality.To get Euratlas-Info maps and images you must click on the download link and enter your login and password in the dialog box. Ask us if you have lost these data.

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2007-05-29T10:04:00.000+02:00

1) The countries in the Physical Atlas of Europe
Now, you can highlight a country by clicking on its name and display its position on the whole map of Europe. For each country, you will get the following information: English and local name in short and long form, capital city, area, population and average life expectancy. Links towards the corresponding Wikipedia entry and the country's official website are also provided. You will see also an interesting page about the special status territories like Transnistria, Kosovo, Nagorno-Karabakh etc. See the explanation for more details.
http://www.euratlas.com/Atlasphys/Countries.htm

2) Alpine and Danube Lands about 1715
We are presenting an old map of Central Europe, extending from the Upper Danube basin with Dalmatia to the Northern Adriatic Sea with the Eastern part of the Alps. No place, no date, one sheet wears the mention "Elias Boeck a. H. sculps. a. V." Elias Boeck or Baeck, alias Heldenmuth (= a. H.), was an engraver and publisher born in 1679, active in Rome, Venice, Laibach or Ljubljana and Augsburg or Augusta Vindelicorum (= a.V.) between 1705 and 1747. That is why this map which shows the main towns, rivers and mountains ranges of modern Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia and Eastern Switzerland can be dated from about 1715. Note that this area was the "front line" between the Holy German Empire and the Ottoman Empire and a special care has been brought to the description of the fortified towns.
http://www.euratlas.net/cartogra/danube_alps/index.html

3) Europe Photos
The Europe Photos section has been increased again and displays now more than 1000 pictures. You will find new pages with nice images of Croatia and Slovenia.Moreover large size photos have been added in the Euratlas-Info protected area and you are welcome to download them freely.

4) Atlas der islamischen Welt
We are happy to sell, in the Euratlas Shop, a new atlas by Dr Andreas Birken on a red hot subject: 119 pages, 96 highly detailed maps and several charts on geography, peoples, history, politics, and economy of the Islamic World from 622 to 2007 A.D.The atlas is available only in German, but this should not be a great difficulty for those who are used to reading maps.Cartographic documents about Islam are scarce or inaccurate. So this atlas will fill in a gap.

5) Euratlas-Info Member's Area
Visit again and let know the Euratlas-Info area. You will find there two large engravings: the1808 frontispice of the Atlas historique by Emmanuel de Las Cases showing the Napoleonic Fasti and a XVIIIth century map of Switzerland. These documents are offered in high resolution and you can print them with a good quality.To get Euratlas-Info maps you must click on the download link and enter your login and password in the dialog box. Ask us if you have lost these data.

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2007-04-29T09:59:00.000+02:00

) Thurn and Taxis Post Roads Map in Germany 1786
The Torre e Tasso family, from Val Sassina, owned several courier services in Lombardy from about 1290. From 1490 on, Francesco de Tassis, called Franz von Taxis, was granted the right to carry government and private mail throughout the Empire and in Spain. Thus, the Thurn & Taxis family operated for 350 years, postal services in the major part of western Europe, from Spain to Hungary. This map, by Homann's Heirs, presents the 1786 Thurn & Taxis post-roads in the German Empire and in the neighbouring countries. Be aware that some roads, especially in the ecclesiastical principalities are missing.Johann Baptist Homann (1664 - 1724) was imperial geographer from 1715 in Nurnberg and his work was continued by his son Christoph under the name Hommänischen Erben.
http://www.euratlas.net/cartogra/deutschland_1786/index.html

2) Road Map of England and Wales, ca. 1779
This map, from the Modern Universal British Traveler, one of the first travel guides in English, written by Charles Burlington and David Lewellyn Rees in 1779 is a very useful document. You will discover the main XVIIIth century travel roads in the southern part of the British Islands with the distances in miles. However these roads must not be compared to the continental post-roads because in Britain, the postal service was a royal monopoly.
http://www.euratlas.net/cartogra/england_wales/index.html

3) Europe Photos
The Europe Photos section has been increased again and displays now more than 950 pictures of European towns and countries. You will find new photos especially in the Rome, Paris, Southern Germany, Austria and Swiss Plateau sections. Next month Croatia and Slovenia will be added.
http://www.euratlas.com/Atlas/rome/

4) Geschichtsatlas von Europa
Inform your German-speaking friends that the Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe has been translated in German by Mr Thomas Höckmann. The maps are now available online or as an Experten Version by direct download. Note that the layout of the online German version will be soon adopted for the English version too.Moreover, we are preparing an enhanced software vector version with a chronology and provinces, countries and cities databases of the Periodical Historical Atlas of Europe but it will not be ready before 2008.

5) Euratlas-Info Member's Area
A protected area for Euratlas-Info subscribers only has been created. You will find in it the vector maps of Roman Western Europe and Dalmatia and several high resolution .jpg blank maps. Check this section regularly because new maps and high resolution pictures of Europe will be added.You can access to the protected pages by typin

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2006-12-09T09:51:00.000+01:00

1) The Santini Map of Italy 1783
In the Cartography section, you will find an 18th century map of Italy with the main post-roads and the boundaries of the Italian states. This document was made by Father or Père Francois Santini, a French publisher active in Venice. All Santini maps were based on the best cartographers of the 18th century like de Vaugondy and Janvier. This print seems to be a copy of the Robert Janvier map of Italy from his Atlas Universel printed in 1776-1784.

2) Spain and Portugal
Charles-François Delamarche, 1740-1817, was one of the most important French geographers. In 1786, he bought the Didier Robert de Vaugondy map collection. He published several maps and atlases and his son Felix continued his work. The Delamarche Atlas de Géographie was reprinted several times in the 19th century and was even adopted by the Royal Council of Public Instruction.Here is a map of Spain and Portugal as they were in the 19th century, from one of the Delamarche Atlas editions.

3) Europe Photos
The Europe Photos section has been enhanced and displays now 67 pictures of Istanbul. Moreover several images of landscapes, landmarks and artworks have been added in the Egypt, Russia, Greek Islands and Ukraine pages, so that you can view and download more than 800 photos.

4) Neuer Atlas zur Geschichte des Alten Orients A historical atlas has been added in the Euratlas Shop: the New Atlas of the Ancient Orient by Dr Andreas Birken. Dr Birken is an historian and a cartographer who has contributed to the Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients or T.A.V.O. a research project of the Tübingen University, and to the Grosser Historischer Weltatlas, a major reference historical atlas.The Neuer Atlas zur Geschichte des Alten Orients is available only in German but provides 30 magnificent historical maps of the Middle East, one per century, from 33rd to 4th century B.C.

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2006-09-29T09:47:00.000+02:00

1) The Mons Porphyrites in the Eastern Desert
The deep purple porphyry of Egypt was known as the Imperial Stone and was used in the building of many structures throughout Europe. The emperors of Constantinople born during the reign of their parents were called porphyrogeniti, because the imperial delivery room was fully panelled with porphyry slabs. The original porphyry quarries have been deserted for more than 1500 years but some ruins can still be seen in the Eastern Desert: the Roman castellum, the temple of Serapis, antique wells and unfinished porphyry blocks.
http://www.euratlas.com/mons_porphyrites/index.html

2) A plan for the cartography of the Roman roads
We are working on a general map of the 1st century Roman roads. Of course, some minor details like scale, information to be shown etc., have to be defined but you can already see a sketch of this future Euratlas map.

http://www.euratlas.com/viae_romanae/index.html

3) The Itinerary Map of France 1783
The highly detailed Carte Itinéraire de France, based on Cassini's works and engraved in 1783 is now available in the Euratlas Shop. The 35 sheets of the original map are offered in .jpg format and presented also in smaller sections on html pages to make searching and navigation easy and fast. Moreover a short chronology and a clickable index of nearly 950 place names have been added so that the user has a direct access to the location he is searching.
You can download now a demo version of this fast and useful map. The full version of France 1783 is available at the price of 12 �?� + V.A.T. http://www.euratlas.com/shop/a_fr1783.htm

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2006-07-16T11:04:00.000+02:00

Here are some new features in the Euratlas website

1) Towns Pages in the Physical Atlas of Europe Now you can highlight a city from a list of 96 European towns by clicking on its name and you will also have a direct access to the Wikipedia entry and to the official website of the chosen city. What's more, the modern population and the date of the first written historical account of each city are given. See the main towns page: http://www.euratlas.com/Atlasphys/Towns.htm

2) The Regency of Algiers 1837 The Cartographies section presents a rare map of the Algerian lands as they were in the years 1835-1837 during the conquest of Algeria by France. This map is surprising because it shows, in pink, the territories occupied by the French troops and, in ochre, the extent of "Arab Algeria". Moreover, there are six cartouches with detail maps of La Tafna, the Surroundings of Algiers, the Landing Zone at Sidi-Ferruch, the City Map of Algiers, the Road from Algiers to Medea and the Surroundings of Constantine. See the main map: http://www.euratlas.net/cartogra/algerie_1837/index.html

3) The Kingdom of Poland 1752 Also in the Cartographies section, we are proud to present a beautiful map of the Kingdom of Poland in 1752 by Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy. The Polish State is shown with its traditional boundaries, including large parts of modern Ukraine and Belarus, that is to say as it was before the First Partition of the Kingdom. See the main map: http://www.euratlas.net/cartogra/pologne/index.html

4) Europe Photos For those of you who have not yet decided to visit our continent, here is a collection of more than 500 pictures of European and Mediterranean landscapes, landmarks, islands, towns and countries. See Europe Photos: http://www.euratlas.com/europe_photos/

5) Germany 1789 and Deutschland 1789 - Interaktiv The atlases by Thomas Höckmann, Germany 1789 and Deutschland 1789-Interaktiv, have been improved and include now several new maps, especially Austria, Luxemburg, Flanders and Brabant, Alsace and Lorraine. Thus this document offers now a complete and very accurate description of the Holy Roman Empire in 1789. Here is the list of all the maps: http://www.euratlas.com/shop/2germany.htm See the main product page: http://www.euratlas.com/shop/1germany.htm

6) Antique maps available in the Euratlas Shop The Antique Maps section of the Euratlas Shop offers now quite all our antique maps for sale as image files in .jpg format. You will find here Algeria 1837, Switzerland 1836, Austrian Netherlands 1777 etc. and in August, the Itinerary Map of France 1783 will also be available. See the Antique Maps page: http://www.euratlas.com/shop/Shop2.html

Euratlas wishes you a Happy Summer Break C. Nüssli, July 2006

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2006-07-16T10:55:00.000+02:00

Here are some new features in the Euratlas website

1) The Post-Roads and Railroads Map of Germany 1852 In the Cartographies section, you will find an outstanding 19th century travel map engraved in Nürnberg. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that the 38 states of the German Confederation are clearly outlined and the main railroads and post roads show the growing European transportation network. The neighboring regions, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Eastern France, Northern Italy, Poland or Austria-Hungary are also shown with their political organization and the main land itineraries and sea routes. In addition, this map offers a list of the main railroad lines and a chart of the German states population in 1852.

2) HISATLAS - Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age If you don't know the fine historical maps created by Joaquín de Salas Vara de Rey, you will discover here a really complete historical atlas covering with great accuracy the world history from 1789 on, to the present. These maps were drawn in .gif format with bright colors and they wear all the information about the new and old states and the administrative changes. The whole world is depicted but a special attention was given to the European countries. Hisatlas offers 225 detailed easily printable maps, organized in 18 different sections: Europe, Latin America, Africa, China etc. Try now the demo version.

3) Deutschland 1789 - Interaktiv Thomas Höckmann who has drawn Germany 1789 is presenting now an enhanced version of his atlas. These 35 German history maps are provided with direct links to the articles of Wikipedia concerning the territories or the noble houses. This atlas, available in German only, is ideal for teaching, for genealogy and for all people interested in history. Wikipedia, the on-line encyclopedia, is growing at an incredible speed in quantity and quality and, as the links will probably not change in the future, the user will have direct access from the maps to a constantly expanding knowledge base. Deutschland 1789-Interaktiv gives you the advantage of going directly to the relevant page of a chosen territory without any searching.